Prince Joachim and Princess Marie attend Flag Day Ceremonies

Today, Prince Joachim and Princess Marie attended Flag Day ceremonies. Flag Day is each September 5th and honors those who have served for Denmark and every year since 2011, one couple attends the ceremonies in Copenhagen. Last year, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended.

This year, both couples attended. Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended the ceremonies in Copenhagen. Prince Joachim and Princess Marie attended the ceremonies in Skive for the first time. They first attended a service at Skive Church.

Then, they laid a wreath at a memorial at Skive’s Kaserne.

The couple had lunch at the Kaserne where they learned about its history. It was a special commemoration for Skive’s Kaserne as fifteen years ago, they lost three soldiers during a mission in Kabul.

They finished the day by watching the military parade in front of Skive’s Kaserne.

For this event, Princess Marie choose an appropriate outfit , wearing her Zara ruffled coat first worn earlier this year and her Warehouse dress first worn at Prince Nikolai’s confirmation in 2013.